For Victor Reader Classic (100-101VRC and 102VRC) and Classic+ (103VRC). Unless noted otherwise, all features apply to both models.

1. Support of DAISY 3 NISO Digital Talking Books
Most DAISY book producers now supply DAISY version 2 books and are considering the production of books in the new ANSI/NISO Z39.86 standard also referred to as DAISY 3. The Victor Reader Classic and Classic+ will now support DAISY 3 NISO audio books if your book producer provides them.

For more information on the DAISY 3 NISO standards please visit:
http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-86-2002.html

2. Improved Playback of Non DAISY CD’sMP3 files stored in nested sub-folders
There is no limit to the nesting level other than the maximum file path length cannot exceed 512 characters.You can navigate the MP3 tree structure at folder or file level.
Blackstone commercial audio books
M3U play lists
WAV files - [ not available on VR PRO ] PCM, ADPCM, and GSM610 formats
Ogg vorbis audio files - [ not available on VR PRO ]
Save Current Position - Victor will now save the current playback position of non DAISY audio files when you power off.

3. Book Navigation Improvements

Accelerated Fast Forward and Rewind
The movement of the Fast Forward and Rewind keys will accelerate the longer you hold the keys down. For the first 3 seconds, movement is as before. For each 3 seconds you continue to hold the keys you will move forward or backward 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, and so on. The largest jump is 5 minutes for each 3 seconds the key is held down. Victor will announce the time jumps.

Fixed Time Jump
A new time jump mode has been added to the navigation levels selected with the up/down keys. While in Time Jump mode you will move backward or forward by 1 minute jumps for each press of the left or right arrow key.

Page Jump
While in page navigation mode you can now press and hold the left or right arrow key to jump backward or forward 10 pages at a time. This was a feature of the Classic which has been added to the Classic+.

Goto Heading
If you press the GoTO Page button twice you will select the new Goto Heading feature. This is useful for books which do not have page navigation and you want to jump randomly. For example, suppose a book has chapters marked as level 1 headings but it has no page markers. You could jump directly to a chapter by going to its relative heading number rather than having to advance sequentially through the headings.

INFO key Total Headings
To support the new Goto Heading feature, the INFO key reports the total number of headings in the book.

End of Book
If you are positioned at the end of the book and press the Play key, Victor will automatically go to the beginning of the book.

4. User Features

SLEEP message - Previously, when Victor powered off at the end of the SLEEP timer, it would issue two loud beeps. If you did happen to fall asleep, you could be awakened by these loud beeps. Victor will now simply announce, “Sleep off” when it powers off. It will also announce a warning message when only 1 minute of SLEEP time remains.

Save Settings - When Victor powers off, it will save your current settings for tone, volume, and speed for the next playback session.

INFO Key Title - The INFO key will now report the book title.

Low Battery Warning - The power spike required to spin up the CD sometimes falsely triggered this warning even though considerable battery life remained. To avoid confusion this early battery warning message has been removed.

Power-off SLEEP timer - [ not available on VR PRO ]
The of the Victor Reader Classic+ has now been added to Victor Reader Classic. To select SLEEP mode on the Classic, press the INFO key twice and then use the left/right arrows to select the amount of time Victor will play before it powers off.

Key Describer - [ not available on VR PRO ] The Key Describer mode has been changed for Victor Reader Classic. You can now enter Key Describer mode by pressing and holding the INFO key. Key Describer mode will continue to be activated if Victor is turned on without a CD. However, each press of a key will no longer announce, “no disk” as before.